Ellsworth Air Force Base
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Ellsworth Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located about 10 miles northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota, just north of the town of Box Elder.
A Rockwell B-1B Lancer taking off from Ellsworth AFB
Rapid City Air Force Base B-36 hangar. A B-36 bears the SAC tail code Triangle-S of the 28th Bomb Wing. SAC eliminated tail codes in 1953.
4th ACCS EC-135G Airborne Launch Control Center at Ellsworth AFB, SD
Ellsworth AFB Main Gate with a B-52D on static display in the background, c.1988
The 4th Special Operations Squadron is part of the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida. It operates Lockheed AC-130J aircraft providing special operations capabilities.
An AC-130U from the 4th Special Operations Squadron jettisons flares near Hurlburt Field
4th Special Operations Squadron
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Detail of Douglas AC-47D (S/N 45-0927) of the 4th Air Commando Squadron in February 1968 at Nha Trang Air Base, South Vietnam. This aircraft was reassigned to South Vietnam AF after USAF pullout in 1971.